PARK CITY, Utah – Without having seen Hot Girls Wanted, a documentary being screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, I’m confident I already know everything I need to know about the film. Being a documentary designed to “raise awareness” about a hot button issue — in this...

SALT LAKE CITY – In a world that, frankly, doesn’t have time to consider the veracity of sources, nothing says “instant credibility” like putting a bunch of items into a list and declaring them fact. From enormously oversimplified legal and medical advice to statistics of...

By Jimbo Garrison Guest Columnist

LAS VEGAS – It’s adult industry trade show season again, which means it’s also time for the mainstream media to pay attention to the porn industry for a week or two, and pretend to have some understanding thereof. It means we’ll read articles that claim—really, no fooling—things...

JERUSALEM, Ark. – Back in high school, they taught us all about alcoholism and drug addiction, from the perils of the dreaded marijuana that causes people to cook their babies in the microwave, to the undeniable and extremely helpful observation that “crack is whack.” While the...

GLENDALE, Ariz. – With the NFL’s annual Big Game right around the corner, it’s time yet again for uninformed pundits to pop up on your television asserting a familiar line: Domestic violence incidents spike on Super Bowl Sunday. This particular factoid has been repeated, ad...

[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Tahoma]By Ben Suroeste NEW YORK – When I first started working in the adult industry, there were several types of phone call I quickly came to dread. As the company’s designated flak-catcher and nerve-soother, they were also inevitable hazards of the...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A few years back, an odd subspecies of internet troll suddenly appeared on the web scene: homo sapiens extorticus, a creature distinguished from its peers in the genus by its profound arrogance, an utter lack of ethics and an unyielding faith in the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – I’ll admit, given the headline and the outlet it appeared in, my initial reaction was a combination of head-shake and grumble. Here we go again, I thought. The problem with a headline like “What It’s Really Like to Be an Indie Feminist Porn Star” is...

DALLAS – Many years ago, I found myself out front of an adult entertainment industry trade show in New Orleans, briefly sharing the convention center steps with a group of outraged, disgusted, sign-holding Christians. At first, I figured they were there for the same event I was,...